The dates here may differ from Hewitson, especially in February and March, since he has converted the dates to Gregorian.
1. Only a minimum of punctuation has been added and this, hopefully, assists in understanding.
2. Spelling changes have generally also been kept to a minimum. Reversal of letters was quite common in the 17th Century - some of these have been modernised to assist readability.
3. The presentments, as a general rule, start with the phrase "We find and present". For the sake of my sanity this repetition has been missed out.
Any term abbreviated or difficult to understand will have an explanation in square brackets [ ]. More complex terms will be hyperlinked to a separate page.
A minor query is followed by a ?
Major querys are followed by ???
Missing or impossible to read are replaced by _____
Hyperlinks in green point to Court Leets where the jury is sworn in but have no presentments.
Lancashire Archives Reference Number CNP 3/2/4
Book 3 - 1701 to 1709
Book 3 - 1710 to 1719
Book 3 - 1720 to 1729
Book 3 - 1730 to 1739
Book 3 - 1740 to 1746
May 1740 | October 1740 | March 1741 | April 1741 |
October 1741 | May 1742 | April 1742 | October 1742 |
October 1743 | April 1744 | October 1744 | October 1745 |
February 1745 | April 1745 | May 1745 |